• Reference: 2011/1431
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

My residents and I were sorely disappointed with TfL's decision to not extend route 318 for patients and their relatives in Winchmore Hill, Grange Park and Highlands Village to reach North Middlesex Hospital. At the moment residents have to pay in inconvenience, extra time and money of doing this journey to the hospital on two separate buses. Please can you urge TfL to look again at this much needed bus route extension?

• Reference: 2011/1430
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

At Mayor's Question Time in March you said that you wanted to make sure any EMA replacement was discretionary towards those who need it most. What other universal benefits that effect Londoners do you believe should be replaced by discretionary or means tested allocation?

• Reference: 2011/1429
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Are you disappointed that the EMA replacement will see funding dramatically reduced?

• Reference: 2011/1428
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

What is your view of the proposed 16-19 Bursary Fund? Following your public admittance of concern about the impact on London of scrapping the EMA, do you share the concern in the Equality Impact Assessment that individual colleges could unintentionally discriminate when allocating funds? What sort of central arbitration would you like to see that will ensure young Londoners do not lose out?

• Reference: 2011/1427
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Many residents have written to me with their serious concerns about the proposals to build a waste facility at Pinkham Way. People are very worried about environmental damage, increased traffic pollution, congestion, noise and odours. What role do you have in this scheme and how will you be responding to the NLWA's proposals?

• Reference: 2011/1426
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Further to your response to my question 1108/2011 in March, can you update me on the GLA/MPA's joint work plan that was due to be agreed last month?

• Reference: 2011/1425
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

In your response 1188/2011 you replied that the Government had 'not specifically assessed the effect that disbanding the YJB and cuts to the early intervention grant will have on levels of youth offending in London.' Given this was your understanding, please can you explain to me what interventions you surely made to ensure that the effects on London would be assessed? If you have not yet asked for such assessments, do you plan to do so?

• Reference: 2011/1424
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

Please can you provide a schedule explaining which organisations have inherited which work streams of the London Serious Youth Violence Board, following its closure in March?

• Reference: 2011/1423
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

How do you think the 99% campaign led by the London Serious Youth Violence Board will change following its recent handover to the Independent Academic Research Studies? Do you envisage a change of emphasis and/or approach?

• Reference: 2011/1422
• Question by: Joanne McCartney
• Meeting date: 18 May 2011

What factors contribute to the 163% increase in complaints relating to the MPS over the past seven years?